THE LOSS OF DEMOCRACY IN LISBON!!!!!
In a democracy the majority rules, this is no longer the
case in Lisbon. In Lisbon the town is
ruled by the “Good Old Boys” network as demonstrated by the latest decision by
the Planning Board. On Tuesday night,
during the Town Council meeting, Planning Board Chairman, Don Fellows (Good Old Boy) will brief the Town Council with
Chairman Roger Bickford (Good Old
Boy) on the Planning Boards recommendation on commercialism Route 9.
Back in 2012 there
was a similar situation about changing the zoning on Route 9 to include making
some, if not all, of Route 9 commercial. At that time, the majority of the people wanted no changes made to the zoning or land use on Route 9. At that time, because the majority had spoken, the Planning
Board and the Town Council dropped the issue.
However, in 2015
Gina & Rick Mason (members of the Good Old Boys network) request that the
Town Council allow them to sell used cars from their property on Route 9. Currently, this violates the Town’s
Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Ordinance and the Land Use Table.
This time the
Planning Board conducted a survey, Public Workshop and Public Hearing on
changing the zoning on Route 9. In EVERY CASE,
the majority of the people did not want to change the zoning on Route 9. Now, in a democracy this should have been the
end to it but since it was not the answer the “Good Old Boys” wanted to hear,
the saga continues. YOU CAN NOT FIX STUPID!
Under “Other
Observations, the Planning Board Chairman Fellows writes “It is possible that
small auto sales (such as for only one, two or even a few cars) could be
acceptable, though certainly a larger number of cars (10 or more) seems to be
unfavorable.” This suggestion is
in direct violation of the towns Comprehensive Plan, Zoning and the Land Use
Table. However, this is
exactly how the “Good Old Boys” network works.
One “Good Old Boy” (Masons) wants to do something illegal gets his
fellow “Good Old Boys” (Bickford and Fellows) to make it happen. In fact, this will be the second time the
Masons have requested to something illegal.
The first time it was approved on a temporary basis without an
expiration date. How do you have a temporary condition without an expiration date????
Planning Board
Chairman Fellows writes “Specifically with regard to the issue of auto sales,
there was a general acknowledgement that residents could be open to considering
some small expansion on auto sales allowances.” This is an accurate statement as written but
as usual very very misleading. The majority of
residents do not want any changes made on Route 9 as previously stated by
Chairman Fellows but because the Masons and kin stated that they did not have
any objections, this makes it accurate.
However, the majority rule in a democracy and that should be the end of
this question. JUST SAY
NO TO THE MASONS!!!!!
The residents of
Lisbon need to take back our town and eliminate the fraud, waste and
abuse. The majority of the people were
very adamant they do not want any changes to Route 9 to include changing any
zoning to commercial.
The members of the
Town Council need to put a stop to Chairman Bickford’s continued insistent to
drag this out until he gets the answer the “Good Old Boys” want. The majority have spoken four times now and said the same
thing “Stop screwing with Route 9!”
Let’s return democracy to Lisbon.
Larry Fillmore
